The creatures that inhabit the zoo.
Composition, guitars, vocals, production
Every note in the zoo is written by this hand. The arrangements are scripture. Violin, guitar, and orchestral voices interwoven from inception rather than layered naively. A decade of metal projects before the zoo existed. The one who heard the sound first and transmits it. Now the voice as well as the architect.
Violin
The violin is central to the sound. Written into the DNA of every composition. A classical 3-voice fugue between violin, lead guitar, and rhythm section features in "Ritual of Fidelity." Her first solo flight, "Hexed," arrived September 2025.
Drums, drum arrangement
The heart of the band, in more way than one. Distinctive drum arrangements that only a distinctively deranged mind could dream up.
Bass
The low end that anchors the chaos above. First studio appearance in Benediction. The weight beneath the architecture.
Vocals (founding)
The voice that summoned the first congregation. Every word on Napalm, Avatara, the New World EP. Honored as a founding member through the medium of the music itself. Benediction is two voices in a single blessing. Not every band says goodbye with a song.
Founding MemberTrombone on “Aura of Despair, Benediction”
Ray’s father. Four trombones on the closing track of New World, appearing again in Benediction.
Orchestral arrangement on “Aura of Despair”
Fleshgod Apocalypse. The orchestral grandeur on the EP’s final track bears his fingerprints.
Guest vocals on “Your Final Seconds”
Adds a second dimension of vocal hostility to the EP’s second track.